Cibitoke : overcrowded, sick, and abandoned inmates
Cibitoke : overcrowded, sick, and abandoned inmates
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, January 30, 2026 – The detaining cells at the Cibitoke police station in Bujumbura province, western Burundi, are facing alarming overcrowding. A total of 179 detainees,
Nduta (Tanzania) : MSF accuses authorities of forced repatriations and serious violations of the rights of Burundian refugees
SOS Médias Burundi Kigoma, January 29, 2026 – Doctors Without Borders (MSF), an NGO active in the health sector in refugee camps in Tanzania, is raising the alarm about what
Buhumuza : Busuma camp in shock, hundreds of Congolese refugees die in undignified conditions
SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, January 29, 2026 – Since December 2025, more than 300 Congolese refugees, including many children and the elderly, have died in the Busuma camp in Buhumuza
Burundi : a 12-year-old girl brutally murdered in Matana
SOS Médias Burundi Matana, January 29, 2026 – The lifeless body of a 12-year-old girl was discovered on Wednesday in the bush in Mutobo village, in Matana district, Burunga province
Dzaleka : dozens of refugees detained for bank withdrawal
SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka, January 29, 2026 – Dozens of refugees were arrested on Wednesday after leaving the Dzaleka camp without authorization. Their families are appealing to the immigration services
Seasonal flu in Burundi : the ministry reassures the public amid coronavirus fears
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, January 28, 2026 — While a virulent flu outbreak is affecting several regions of the country, raising fears of a resurgence of the coronavirus, the Burundian
Busuma : attempts to return to DR Congo, Congolese refugees arrested and forcibly returned to the camp
SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, January 28, 2026 — In recent days, several Congolese refugees from the Busuma camp, located in the district of Ruyigi, Buhumuza province, in eastern Burundi, have
Burunga : the issuance of travel documents under intense scrutiny, growing concern
SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, January 28, 2025 — In Burunga province, southern Burundi, obtaining the travel documents required for a passport application is becoming increasingly difficult. Many citizens are denouncing
Bujumbura : thirteen years after the fire, rehabilitation of the former central market still stalled
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, January 28, 2026 – Thirteen years after the devastating fire that destroyed Bujumbura’s central market, the rehabilitation of this strategic site in Burundi’s commercial capital remains
Bujumbura : AWALA, a Women’s group at the heart of social solidarity
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, January 27, 2026 – In Bujumbura, women’s solidarity is taking a concrete and structured form. Awaken Lady (AWALA), a group of committed women, has gradually moved